Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata passes away...
ngon master
Although i'm not much of a Nintendo gamer nowadays, my formative gaming years were full of them.
Rest in peace sir.
Rest in peace sir.
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No doubt this will hurt Nintendo a bit, I hope the damage is limited
By the way, I'm not discrediting his work, he just couldve done a better job. I really like him for his dynamic and sympathetic personnality on stage though.
NO, Just no, People are buying nintendo because it's nintendo, I couldn't gave a fuck more about 60fps or super hd 4k graphic. If i want that i have a pc, or if i really insist i'll buy a ps4. What people expect from nintendo is fun and recreative game as well a new way to enjoy them. I'm so tired of people like you bitching at nintendo because it's not high end graphic, you clearly didn't and never get the company if it's what your hoping to see from them, nintendo goal is to permit EVERYONE to enjoy game, from poor to rich, from kid to elder, from casual to hardcore.
Also e3 wasn't a disaster, geez AGAIN a fake interpretation, nintendo NEVER reserve a spot like this because they NEVER announced anything at e3 they couldn't care less about e3 they show stuff WHEN THEY WANT in nintendo direct, it ALWAYS was that way, and suddenly because they put it on the main conference instead of randomly during e3 people are all bitching about a disaster and crap.
Know your shit or just don't talk, i'm so annoyed of this crap. Even more when it's said in a topic of someone really great that just freaking die way too early.
Also, The world just lost a great person.
Calm down bro. I did not buy a ps4/one for THIS exact reason.Even though I've always been a console fan.
Just like you, I'm witnessing some form of decline in the newst console generation as most big devs favor grpahics over gameplay.
For me and my freidns, Big N had always been the reference in terms of pure fun with games based on gameplays instead of visuals, especially for local multiplayer (SMash bros, Mario Kart,etc.) and amazing platformer adventure games such as the mairo galaxy and the zelda series.
However thes epast years, let's be honest, Nintendo has completely failed to maintain their standards. It's been almost 3 years that the WII U has een out and they haven't released any major or big title for WII U Users, concentrating all their efforts on handheld gaming....
Ok there are a few exceptions like the recent smash and mairo kart but...sincerely.
Stop lying to yourselves, Nintendo's reputation is nowhere near as it was during the NES, SNES, N64 or even Gamecube period...
He died of some form of cancer.
he could have done a better job? he was ill with a tumor.
what the actual fuck man?
effing gamers! Stuff like this makes me think daily about quitting the industry, I freaking wish it didn't effect me so much.
Respect.
R.I.P
He and Sakurai worked through crippling illness just to produce quality works.
they are the embodiment never say die attitude I mentioned in a previous thread.
Without him, games would not be what they are today.
Perhaps we should all take something from this and work with 120% gumption and press on no matter what.
I wish those who were close to him the best.
Condolences to everyone at Nintendo.
A real shame. I've never been much of Nintendo gamer, but I felt great respect for them, especially for going against the industry trends and doing what they do best. Iwata always seemed like that rare breed of a business man who legitimately cared about his company's products and its fans. Rest in peace.
In other news. Blond just lost all respect I had for him, and it was already almost zero.
Nintendo still has some great people left, but Iwata will be missed! Because he's been though such good and bad times with the company and gave Nintendo a FACE. Like Reggie does. To be honest, Nintendo does feel a LOT more familiar then any other companys do, because to those nintendo directs. At least to me.
Rest in Peace Iwata!
I think anyone whose worked in games for any amount of time grows to hate 'gamers'.
"To be blunt, at the time I was more of a programmer than I was a company president."
-Iwata
The man wasnt a suit. He wasnt brought in from some other industry.
He was a Dev.
He knew what it meant to be in the trenches. He rose to the top from within by being the best and getting others to be the best.
There are not a lot of leaders in this industry like him anymore, and probably wont be too many more following.
Regardless of how any of us feel about the directions Nintendo chooses It's a loss on a grander scale for the industry than I think some people realize...
I hope nintendo continue to do it their way.
I often don't agree with it, but it certainly makes this industry a much better place for its different left of field approaches
RIP Iwata
Very true. It's not something we've really seen anywhere else that I know of.
As a fan, we see him in almost all Nintendo's Direct, and his charisma were one of the things that make us happy. It's shocking news...
i'm very sad today...